State comparison · 2025
Database Architects salary: Alaska vs Massachusetts
Database Architects in Massachusetts earn a median of $161,650. In Alaska, $112,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.1% — not 30.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-30.4%
Alaska vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-28.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Database Architects
- Median
- $112,500
- p25
- $87,460
- p75
- $120,970
- p10
- $65,060
- p90
- $130,500
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
Massachusetts
Database Architects
- Median
- $161,650
- p25
- $134,740
- p75
- $183,610
- p10
- $123,670
- p90
- $220,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -41%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.